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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]
CUSTOMARY COURTS LAW
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
1. Establishment of Customary Courts
2. Composition of Customary Courts
3. Appointment of members, etc
4. Seal of the Customary Court
5. Qualifications of members
6. Tenure of office of members
7. Disqualification and removal of members
8. Quorum and voting
9. Conditions of service of members
10. Powers of members
11. Remuneration and allowances of members
12. Decorum, dress, etc.
13. Oath of members
14. Presiding in Customary Courts
15. Sessions of Customary Courts
16. Court open throughout the year: times of sitting
17. Protection of members of the Court
18. Appointment and control of Court Clerks and other officers
19. Court Clerks
20. Bailiffs and messengers
21. General jurisdiction
22. Civil jurisdiction
23. Power to increase jurisdiction
24. Oath requirement
25. Applicable Law
26. Appropriate Customary Law
27. Place of trial
28. Guardianship of children
29. Practice and Procedure
30. Representation before a Customary Court
31. Open Court
32. Decision to be in writing
33. Power to summon witnesses
34. Execution of judgments
35. Execution of orders of other Courts
36. Power to grant injunction or impound property
37. Transfer of causes or matters
38. Right of appeal to Magistrates’ Court
39. Inspection
40. Supervision and control of Customary Courts
41. Contempt
42. Obstruction of justice
43. Adjudication without authority
44. Prohibition of fines in excess of those authorised
45. Rendering false returns
46. Falsification of the record of proceedings
47. Rules of Court
48. Transitional provisions
49. Abolition of cadres of Customary
50. Repeal
51. Interpretation
52. Citation and commencement
CUSTOMARY COURTS LAW
A LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CUSTOMARY COURTS, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE UNDER CUSTOMARY LAW AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES
[Commencement] [1st August 2011]
THE LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY enacts as follows:
LAWS OF LAGOS STATE
LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA